NAACP, Women of Color Giving Circle Scholarships

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. NAACP Berkshire County and the Women of Color Giving Circle awarded students attending a 4-year program scholarships of $1,000 for the first two years. Students attending a Community College or Trade School receive $500.

Thelonious Adams-BCC- Manufacturing Technician

Audrey Allard -University of Vermont - Business

Jeremiah Asenso - Berkshire Community College

Yanet Asnake-Worcester Polytechnic Institute-Major: Computer Science Minor- Astrophysics

Roos Bajnath- Howard University -Nursing

Jayden Bennett- Berkshire Community College

Abena Boateng- Abena Boateng-Quinsigamond College- Computer science with a concentration in Cybersecurity Analyst

Isabella Brown - Dean College: Musical Theatre

West Dews- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -Business Management

Prosper Ezan Jr -UMass Lowell -Nursing

Elijah Harewood- SUNY-Radiology

Savannah Howard MCLA- Nursing

Janatah Jones - Bentley University

Isaiah Keefner- Engineering/ Business

Anthony Malachi - BCC

Adams Sidibe - University at Albany Kalia Altman - MassBay Community College

Andrea Ofori Sofa -UMass Boston, Biochemistry

Zoe-Ruth Brizan- Howard University- Music & pre- Law

Jessica Sevor-Westfield University- Biology

Cashey Young - North Carolina Central- Psychology

Cashmere Young-BCC-Cosmetology

Cashnune Young - Berkshire Community College- Flabotemist

Josiah-Iman Cobbiah-

Women Of Color Giving Circle Awardees $500.00 each:

Roos Bajnath - Founders' Scholarship Award

Yanet Asnake - Rosemary Durant & Mable Hamilton Scholarship Award

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Dalton Considers Updating its Municipal Code

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
01:21PM / Thursday, August 27, 2026

DALTON, Mass. — The town is considering updating its original 18-year municipal code to 2026 standards.

During a recent Select Board meeting, General Code New England account manager Zach Dumont outlined the 18- to-24 month process.

General Code New England is a division of the International Code Council, which writes all the statewide building codes across the United States. For the last 18 years, the organization has been the codifier for municipalities.

"We work with communities to build, maintain, and update your local municipal code. That is your collection of bylaws, ordinances, regulations, and any other legislation you've ever adopted," Dumont said.

Once the project is complete, the town would have a fully updated set of books and an improved eCode360 site, he said.

"The way the process would work is we would put together a scope of work, a timeline, a price point, and everything that we would want to touch or do as a part of the code project," Dumont said.

When a municipal code is built, it has a general lifespan of about 15 to 20 years, and although that is a long time, it goes by very quickly, he said.

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